A look at the list of transfers signed in the Italian Serie A leaves the opponents of champions Juventus scratching their heads as two weeks remain until the end of the summer market.

Winning the Champions League last season ensured Real Madrid their status as European football royalty but their focus for the coming campaign is to halt Barcelona’s domination on the domestic scene.

The 49ers’ 2016 quarterback competition has been odd, it has been intriguing, and it might be coming to a very swift and inevitable conclusion.

Danny Duffy won his ninth straight decision with the aid of four solo home runs, including the first of Raul Mondesi’s career, as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-1 in the Major League Baseball on Tuesday.

Brazilian police on Wednesday arrested top International Olympic Committee member Patrick Hickey over illegal sales of Rio Olympics tickets.

Sri Lanka clinched their first series whitewash over a major cricketing nation on Wednesday as they won the third and final Test against Australia by 163 runs, with spinner Rangana Herath taking 7-64.

Qatari Olympic champion Mutaz Barshim has made an unprecedented achievement in the Qatari sport by winning the silver medal in the high jump competition in the Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

Qatar handball team captain Abdulrazzaq Murad celebrating after the team beat Argentina 22-18 on Monday to reach the quarter-finals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Qatar next face Germany today for a spot in semi-finals.

Argentina humiliated double defending Olympic champions Germany 5-2 to reach the men’s hockey final for the first time yesterday.

Defending champions Netherlands will face Germany, while Britain take on New Zealand in the women’s hockey semi-finals of the Rio Olympics today.

The United States secured a berth in the quarter-finals of the men’s Olympic volleyball tournament by defeating Mexico on Monday, while an ecstatic home crowd roared Brazil on to the next round with a 3-1 win over France.

Sweden ended a disconsolate Marta’s dreams of guiding Brazil’s women to a first Olympic football gold medal yesterday with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win to book their place in the gold medal match.